Day 327

It's Thanksgiving Day!

As we sit and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, I made our little Lu pose for this shot with our little stuffed Tom the Turkey.  She's such a trooper. Unlike Baylee who spent the morning being a lazy bones in her bed.

We are getting ready to head over to the Padens for Thanksgiving dinner.  We are truly blessed to have such wonderful friends as our extended family.  And I'm sure they will be putting on quite a spread...in true Paden style.  We will not leave hungry, that I can guarantee!

Rob and I, and Baylee and Lucy too wish all of our friends and family a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Day 322

Here doggy, doggy, doggy...looks like Mom has found herself a new friend! A BIG new friend.

Mom, Billie and I went out and about today to hit some of our annual craft shows and bizarres...to get our Christmas shopping underway.  Later, when Billie needed to get home we traded her in for Rob (ha ha).  The three of us headed to one of our favorite places to browse...Beaver Bark.  There, Mom found this big stuffed dog, so we made her take a couple pictures with him.  She kind of cracked herself up when she grabbed his leash like she was taking him for a walk. Silly Joody!

Day 317

Nana's Apple Cake...Yum!

Today was an apple day. First I made this little apple cake. No, not from scratch - with a little help from Tastefully Simple. I love this cake mix...just add an egg and some diced apples and voila!

Then I made some homemade applesauce. Someone at work brought in a box of green apples, so I grabbed a sackful and put them to good use. I don't normally make applesauce with green apples, but I thought my batch turned out really good...a little tart and a little sweet.

The best part...with all that cooking and baking, our house smelled delightful!!

Day 316

Look carefully. It might look familiar...but with a twist. It's the Autumn version of Mud Pie, and I just might have a new favorite!

Pat and Julie are in town and so Mom made a very nice Sunday dinner and invited Billie and Keith and Rob and I all over for ham and all the fixin's. Then, for dessert this delicious frozen treat.

Instead of a crushed Oreo crust, it's crushed Ginger Snaps. Instead of Coffee ice cream, it's Pumpkin, an instead of chocolate sauce it's caramel. A yummy combination o the tastes of fall in a dessert. I don't know of I'll be able to get enough of this!!

Day 315

Today Rob and I headed to the mall, and what should great us at the entrance?  That's right...Christmas decorations.  They are already out and adorning the mall.  I got so excited, just like a little kid...Christmas is coming!  And these giant Christmas tree bulbs are a sure sign it's just around the corner.

Day 311

I just think she's so cute when she's sleeping.  Especially with a little pink tongue sticking out, and a big floppy ear draped over an eye.  She's just snoozing away, unaware of how much I want to pick her up and hug and squeeze her!

Day 310

Tonight Mom made dinner at her house, then brought it over to eat with Rob and I.  It was the best of both worlds...I didn't have to cook, and I didn't have to go out!  Thanks Mom!

After dinner Mom stayed for a little while, and her best girl Lucy cuddled up right next to her on the couch.  You wouldn't have known that the pups had just spend all day over at her house?!?  Can you tell Lucy just loves her Grammy, and looked so cute propped up on her leg.  Spoiled girl!!

Day 309

Today's the day.  The end of Daylight Savings Time.  Finally...I'm getting back the hour that was borrowed from me in the spring!

I'm my way to bed, at the end of what has been a long day.  I did feel rested when I woke up this morning, essentially getting an extra hour of sleep.  But between finishing up some scrapbooking, driving home from Spokane, and now heading to bed at what feels like 10:57 to my body...I'm officially done!  G'night!

Day 308

Isn't this a cool shot??  I have to admit I didn't exactly mean to get off a shot like this, which is typical for me.  The really good ones are generally accidents!

Trina and I decided to go for a walk around the Retreat Center this afternoon.  We had hoped to get some good deer sightings, but this one was great.  We could only hear him at first, then spotted his feet through the trees.  Unfortunately, he did appear to favoring one of his legs...poor dear (pun intended!)

The walk around the Center was awesome.  We managed to find the Stations of the Cross that we did not know about...even though we did them backwards!  We saw some beautiful fall foliage around the valley, and then probably about a dozen or so deer here and there around the campus. 

It was good to get up from our scrapbooking tables, get some fresh air, stretch our legs and take in some of God's beauty!

Day 307

Yay! Here we are...two happy gals, having some dinner at Ferrante's Marketplace Cafe up on the South Hill in Spokane.We have eaten here before on another scrapbooking retreat, but whatever I ate that time did not compare to my meal this time. My dinner was D-Lish!! I had a calzone and it was good. But their House Salad was out of this world!!

Anyway, enough about dinner. It has been a long day. Got all my scrapbook stuff and my own personal stuff all packed up this morning. Trina got the car loaded (and I mean LOADED), and we headed up to Spokane to the Immaculate Heart Retreat Center for a weekend of crazy crafting!!

After we unloaded our tons of stuff, we took a break for dinner. Trina - braver than I - asked the lady at the next table to snap our photo! I'm so glad she did!!

Day 306

They're baaaaaack!!  Red cups from Starbucks...they're back.  Which means we are officially kicking off the Holiday Season!

Nothing says Christmas like the Starbucks festive red cups and flavors like Egg Nog, Peppermint Mocha and Gingerbread!  And today was the day they brought them back....I couldn't be more excited!

Welcome November, and happy All Saints Day everyone!!